A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinksi This is a remarkably literate survey of the topic of the calculus. It does a wonderful job of connecting the real world with the calculus. The author just doesn't show calculus applications, but that calculus is omnipresent and defines everything we see and do. Your students will never watch someone on a diving board the same way again.
The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing by Martin Davis
I enjoyed this history of computation from its very earliest origins. I recommended it to young students because it enlightens math's fascinating history and that math has a higher order than just longer word problems.
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I highly recommend the following two:
A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinksi
This is a remarkably literate survey of the topic of the calculus. It does a wonderful job of connecting the real world with the calculus. The author just doesn't show calculus applications, but that calculus is omnipresent and defines everything we see and do. Your students will never watch someone on a diving board the same way again.
http://www.amazon.com/Tour-Calculus-David-Berlinski/dp/0679747885
The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing by Martin Davis
I enjoyed this history of computation from its very earliest origins. I recommended it to young students because it enlightens math's fascinating history and that math has a higher order than just longer word problems.
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Computer-Road-Leibniz-Turing/dp/0393047857
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